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"My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished."

"My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished."

Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer

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"The waist is a terrible thing to mind."

"The waist is a terrible thing to mind."

Tom Wilson, American Cartoonist

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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."

Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Leader

Mind, Possibilities

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"I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it."

"I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it."

Debbie Harry, American Musician

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"But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that."

"But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

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"Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about."

"Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about."

Britney Spears, American Musician

Mind, Night, Stress, Thinking

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"That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest."

"That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest."

Andrew Wiles, English Mathematician

Mind, Now, Rest

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"I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way."

"I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way."

Brian De Palma, American Director

Mind, Press, Talking

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"I'm not making up my mind about anything right now. Things are happening so quickly for me, and I'm still in the thinking stage."

"I'm not making up my mind about anything right now. Things are happening so quickly for me, and I'm still in the thinking stage."

Patsy Cline, American Musician

Mind, Now, Right, Thinking

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"The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts."

"The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"All incidents which we experience are warily interpreted and translated in the dark chamber of our mind. They inspire us how to behave, how to think, how to act and prompt our predilections and our way of visualizing the world. The mind opens itself then to welcome the enchantments of life or to tear up destructive thinking patterns. The brain becomes truly a precious resilient partner. ['Camera obscura of the mind']"

"All incidents which we experience are warily interpreted and translated in the dark chamber of our mind. They inspire us how to behave, how to think, how to act and prompt our predilections and our way of visualizing the world. The mind opens itself then to welcome the enchantments of life or to tear up destructive thinking patterns. The brain becomes truly a precious resilient partner. ['Camera obscura of the mind']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Mind, Perception, Behavior, Thinking

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"The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts."

"The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Mind, Truth, Regret, Power, Wisdom

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"If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it."

"If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it."

Wanda Jackson, American Musician

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"A contented mind is the best source for trouble."

"A contented mind is the best source for trouble."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

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"Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good."

"Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

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"The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind."

"The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

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"All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly."

"All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both."

"If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Mind, Reality, Study

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"All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?"

"All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?"

Buddha, Indian Leader

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"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."

"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Mind, Words, Poet, Khalil Gibran

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"And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind."

"And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind."

Thomas Shadwell, English Dramatist

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"In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you."

"In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you."

Leo Durocher, American Athlete

Mind, Reading, Umpire

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"I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible."

"I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible."

Bobby McFerrin, American Musician

Mind, Singing, Want

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"Your thoughts, the way you think is the most powerful influence in your life."

"Your thoughts, the way you think is the most powerful influence in your life."

John Patrick Hickey, American Author

Mind, Thought, Power, Influence, Observation

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"Consciousness is not confined within an individual brain. Otherwise, how can it cause changes in the physical state of things outside the brain?"

"Consciousness is not confined within an individual brain. Otherwise, how can it cause changes in the physical state of things outside the brain?"

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

Mind, Consciousness, Reality, Energy

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"Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others."

"Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others."

Noel Coward, English Playwright

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"It's as if when I open myself up to every perception, things create their own focus."

"It's as if when I open myself up to every perception, things create their own focus."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

Mind, Perception, Observation, Focus

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"I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind."

"I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam."

"My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

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"Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind."

"Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind."

Terry Goodkind, American Writer

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"It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom."

"It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom."

Charles Fillmore, American Educator

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"When you spend time worrying, you're simply using your imagination to create things you don't want."

"When you spend time worrying, you're simply using your imagination to create things you don't want."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Mind, Worry, Truth, Life, Imagination

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"Have you ever wondered what your subconscious mind looks like? Well today, I can show you."

"Have you ever wondered what your subconscious mind looks like? Well today, I can show you."

David Icke, English Athlete

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"When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum."

"When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

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"Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions."

"Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

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"Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind."

"Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind."

Edith Piaf, French Musician

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"The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling."

"The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

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"Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing very extraordinary in the process."

"Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing very extraordinary in the process."

Joseph Priestley, English Scientist

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"If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went."

"If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went."

Frank Bruno, British Athlete

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"Eh bien, then, you are crazy, or appear crazy or you think you are crazy, and possibly you may be crazy."

"Eh bien, then, you are crazy, or appear crazy or you think you are crazy, and possibly you may be crazy."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Mind, Sanity, Perception, Identity

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"The hankering of the mind is irresistible."

"The hankering of the mind is irresistible."

Adam Weishaupt, German Clergyman

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"I am living a simple life with a complicated mind and I have yet to find a state of mind where I feel safe with who I am, where I am, with what I do."

"I am living a simple life with a complicated mind and I have yet to find a state of mind where I feel safe with who I am, where I am, with what I do."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

Mind, Simplicity, Complicated, Self

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"The function of a heart is to keep the body alive, I genuinely believe it is mind which takes care of everything else."

"The function of a heart is to keep the body alive, I genuinely believe it is mind which takes care of everything else."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Mind, Heart, Function, Life

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"I'm currently working on a Mind Siege for youth."

"I'm currently working on a Mind Siege for youth."

Tim LaHaye, American Clergyman

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"Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows."

"Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

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"The highest heaven is not in the sky, it is in the human mind."

"The highest heaven is not in the sky, it is in the human mind."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Mind, Wisdom, Truth, Inspirational, Power

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"Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand."

"Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

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"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?"

"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?"

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian Writer

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"I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are."

"I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are."

Robert Cormier, American Author

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"While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind."

"While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind."

Daniel Goleman, American Author

Mind, Study, Theories

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